A public toilet cleaner who lives alone, Hirayama has discovered deep meaning and beauty in a life that others would demean or reject.

By focusing on parental grief, “Mass” grounds us in human tragedy even as it touches on the political and social implications of the epidemic of school shootings in the United States.

James Earl Jones, who died this week, was a prominent figure on stage and screen. He also possessed a voice—and a presence—that has become iconic in American culture.

We often don’t recognize our influences until much later. It’s the things we’re closest to that we have the most trouble seeing clearly.

Torn between religious devotion and his own children, Tevye struggles to hold onto his faith in a new and uncertain world.

“Sing Sing” sidesteps the trap of cheap melodrama that exploits the trials and trauma of incarcerated people.